If I can be serious for a moment (sick Lance Storm reference), it's time to count down my favorite
video games based on movies.
In this edition of the Top 10, we're going to dig into the best
video games based on movies.
There haven't been too many video games based on books, but
video games based on movies generally suck.
«Street Fighter: The Movie» on PlayStation and Sega Saturn was
a video game based on a movie based on a video game.
BUT WAIT... you've just found out that they are releasing
a video game based on the movie... that's the best news ever, after all the movie had such awesome effects and was so good that getting the chance to immerse yourself in the action of the movie in a video game sounds like you've died and gone to heaven — and if you were unfortunate enough to pay $ 59.99 for the terrible game then you may wish you had!
If there's one thing every gamer knows, it's that it's hard to make a good
video game based on a movie.
Not exact matches
It won't surprise you to learn that Lego Ninjago
Movie: The
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game based on the Lego Ninjago
Movie.
Based on the all - new CGI TMNT
movie, Ubisoft's TMNT
video game takes place in New York City, a city plagued with fast - moving shadows and attacks from strange creatures.
This may be the first time in
video game history that a licensed DS title far exceeds the
movie it's
based on.
Although deservedly R - Rated, the first film didn't feel like a
movie based on a
video game.
Based on the popular
video game, The Angry Birds
Movie is a quirky kid's film that's mildly entertaining and delivers some fun laughs.
Based on a
video game with no story or characters to speak of, from a time before many of his fans were born, it sounds like a dreadful
basis for a
movie.
The current rash of
movies based on toys, or comic books, or
video games, or fairy tales, exists to canonize the narrative building blocks of childhood, to provide frameworks for all your stories about Spider - Man or Megatron or Snow White, and then to sell you specially licensed toys so you can keep playing those stories out.
And if there's going to be a good
movie based on a
video game, why not the Assassin's Creed series, which has had its fair share of fantastic entries?
We're due for a decent
movie based on a
video game.
It's about time somebody made a genuinely good
movie based on a
video game, so why not Michael Fassbender and director Justin Kurzel?
AJ Moser is a Brooklyn -
based reporter who focuses
on video games,
movies, and internet culture.
If there's something done well in 2018 fantastic cinema, it's animating and playing a gorilla, but this is still a
movie based on a
video game based on an arcade
game based on movies.
And I'm still not entirely convinced that this
movie isn't
based on a
video game.
A huge commercial success, the
movie became the highest grossing film
based on a
video game.
Based on the campy B -
movie Army of Darkness, a particularly popular entry in the cult classic Evil Dead franchise, the
video game incarnation is a castle defense
game with some very light RPG elements.
Continuing to put together a cast that suggests they don't realize they're making a
movie based on a
video game about historical parkour fanatics — and could thus stand to maybe coast a little bit — the producers of Assassin's Creed have announced that Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons have signed
on to appear in the film.
It marked the beginning of an early - 1990's era where
movies based on video games would be slung out at audiences, who'd just sling them right
on back.
To celebrate the release of the
movie «Heavenly Sword»,
based on the Playstation
video game series, Media Mikes is excited to giveaway one (1) copy of the film
on Blu - ray to our readers.
Basically, it is this: while there are
movies that may be
based on video games, these
games are almost wholly derivative of
movies in general.
While I like the action and do think that the
movie captures the
video game on which it is
based very well, there is one fundamental problem with Doom, and this problem is also the same for most
video game adaptations as a whole.
Set aside your concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, because it doesn't sound like this
movie is
based on the
video game at all.
As I was watching the new «Tomb Raider», which is
based on the Lara Croft
video games, and, of course, is a reboot of the «01 & «03 films starring Angelina Jolie, I couldn't help but think that this is the kind of
movie normally released in the summertime, not in mid-March.
Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider movie shows that its possible to make a decent movie that's based on a video game franc
Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider
movie shows that its possible to make a decent
movie that's
based on a
video game franc
video game franchise.
Ahead of this week's Licenscing Expo, a promotional poster has arrived online for Angry Birds, the upcoming animated feature film
based upon Rovio's hugely - popular mobile
video game series... The Angry Birds
movie is set for release
on May 13th 2016 in the UK and May 20th 2016 in the States, with a voice cast that -LSB-...]
Movies based on video games have pretty horrible track records.
I'd also guess that I'm also in the minority of critics that plays
video games, and to further the fragmentation, I've also played the
games on which this
movie is
based — a lot.
Paul W.S. Anderson is famous for two things: Being Mr. Milla Jovovich and making
movies based on video games.
McFarlane Toys has unveiled the first figure from the Assassin's Creed
movie which is
based on the image of Michael Fassbender's Aguilar from Justin Kurzel's upcoming big screen adaptation of the hit
video game series; take a look below... Aguilar is a warrior in 15th century Spain, during the Inquisition.
In its opening credits, House of the Dead proudly announces that it's
based on a
video game, and it's that questionable badge of honor that the
movie continuously parades and flaunts with absolutely no success.
Here's the poster: Assassin's Creed is one of four
movies released this year
based on video games, following Ratchet & Clank, The Angry Birds
Movie and Warcraft.
At today's upfronts, Crackle unveiled upcoming programming — season two The Art of More and Supermansion; a new
movie based on popular
video game Dead Rising and seven channels — each
based around genres that are popular with viewers (Comedy, Action, Drama, Thriller, Sports, Fandom and Anime),
A
movie based on PlayStation exclusive
video -
game franchise, Uncharted will release in theater worldwide
on June 10th, 2016.
If you want to know why there still haven't really been any decent
movies based on video games up until now, there are a few obvious reasons, the biggest one being the lack of quality directors stepping in to bring a coherent vision to the big screen.
There is a point to that race, but it requires more explaining than should be necessary (For a
movie based on a
video game series with little to no story, there is plenty of plot making up for it here).
Universal Pictures and Legendary Entertainment have announced that principal photography is now underway
on the very first live - action Pokemon
movie, Detective Pikachu,
based upon the
video game of the same name.
Most
movies based on video games aren't very good, but most
movies based on video games also aren't supported entirely by the powerful, charismatic shoulders of Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson.
I also just did a
movie based on a
video game that doesn't have a title yet but I am sure you will be hearing about it soon.
TT Games and Warner Bros. today announced LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a new
video game based on the popular
movie.
Regardless,
movies based on video games are still being produced, with each one trying to break the infamous «
video game movie curse» and appeal to both its fans and to general moviegoers everywhere.
Even though the
video game characters are
based on a few computer sprites, the
movie made them look super cool and very realistic.
«Warcraft,»
based on the
video game, is easily a contender for the year's worst
movie: an effects - filled fantasy extravaganza that's unattractive, hard to follow and (worst of all) boring.
Check them out below after the official synopsis... A CG - animated
movie based on the iconic PlayStation
video game.
Ahead of its release next month, two new clips have arrived online from the animated
movie adaptation of the classic PlayStation
game Ratchet & Clank; check them out below after the official synopsis... A CG - animated
movie based on the iconic PlayStation
video game.
According to their sources, Justice Smith who played Ezekiel Figuero in The Get Down and Angus in The Thundermans, has been snapped up behind Legendary (the Studio behind the production of the upcoming live - action Pokémon
movie based on the Great Detective Pikachu
video game) and is speculated by CBR to play Tim Goodman.